Posted on May 6, 2014 at 8:25 AM

Which Windows OS to use for your server – Windows 2012

Windows Server is a brand name for a group of server operating systems released by Microsoft. It includes all Windows operating systems that have “Windows Server” in their names, plus Windows.

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012, codenamed “Windows Server 8”, is the sixth release of Windows Server. It is the server version of Windows 8 and succeeds Windows Server 2008 R2. Unlike its predecessor, Windows Server 2012 has no support for Itanium-based computers, and has four editions. Various features were added or improved over Windows Server 2008 R2 (with many placing an emphasis on cloud computing), such as an updated version of Hyper-V, an IP address management role, a new version of Windows Task Manager, and ReFS, a new file system. Windows Server 2012 received generally good reviews in spite of having included the same controversial Metro-based user interface seen in Windows 8.